EPISODE 81: Down For Life
3/30/202656 min
Tom Rosenthal approaches a stranger on a park bench and asks if he can sit down next to them and record their conversation.
This is what happened!
Produced by Tom Rosenthal
Edited by Rose De Larrabeiti
Mixed by Mike Woolley
Theme tune by Tom Rosenthal & Lucy Railton
Incidental music by Maddie Ashman
End song : 'River Talk' by Adam Melchor
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First 90 secondsTom Rosenthal· Host0:00
[footsteps] Hello. Sorry to bother you. Um, can I ask you a slightly odd question?
Speaker 2· Guest0:08
Yeah, sure.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:09
[laughs] Um, I'm making a podcast, um, called Strangers on a Bench.
Speaker 2· Guest0:14
Okay. Oh.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:14
Where essentially I talk to people I don't know on benches for- Okay ... 10, 15 minutes. Um, are you up for that? Do you wanna give it a go? [upbeat music] Um, are you ready?
Speaker 2· Guest0:47
Sure.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:49
Me and you on a bench are only gonna happen once.
Speaker 2· Guest0:50
All right. All right.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:52
In the, in the history of- In front of this crazy thatch building. Yeah.
Speaker 2· Guest0:54
[laughs] Yeah, it is a good place to, yeah.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:56
This is the first time I've done one in front of a thatch building.
Speaker 2· Guest0:58
That's cool. Yeah, right.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:59
So we're breaking new ground already.
Speaker 2· Guest1:00
Yeah, right.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:01
Um, is there a day of the week that you favor?
Speaker 2· Guest1:05
Uh, not Monday. Let's rule that one out.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:11
Oh, straight off. Rule out Monday.
Speaker 2· Guest1:12
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Probably Sunday is nice, man.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:15
What's wrong with Monday? Just...
Speaker 2· Guest1:17
Uh, it's after the best day, so it's gonna be a letdown. [laughs] You know? So.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:22
Very fair. [laughs] Okay. Let, let, let's go back to this, uh, Sunday of yours then. Walk me through this Sunday from getting